At 20:30 Beijing time on March 19, the 30th round of the 2021-2022 Premier League season, Arsenal sent Villa 1-0 away to lose 2 consecutive games, and Saka scored the club's 2,000th goal in the Premier League. After this campaign, Arsenal are four points ahead of Manchester United and ranked 4th, which is definitely bad news for the Red Devils and Cristiano Ronaldo, and if they can't play in the Champions League next season, Ronaldo is very likely to leave the team.
Competition focus
0-1！ Visiting Arsenal are back on the winning track. After this campaign, Arsenal reached 54 points, leading by 4 points in a round behind Manchester United, and Arsenal is worthy of the "four crazy devils"! For United to reach the top 4 this season, they must ensure that the remaining events do not make mistakes, and they also have to hope that opponents will overturn and lose points, and the pressure on Ronnick is enormous.
Arsenal became the third club to score 2,000 goals in the Premier League after Manchester United (2,176 goals) and Liverpool (2,002 goals), and Saka, who scored his 2,000th goal for the Gunners, wrote his name into club history. Saka has scored 10 goals and provided 5 assists for Arsenal this season, with 15 directly involved.
Coutinho's performance was very uneventful, Gerrard gave him 90 minutes to play, but the Coutinari were unable to save the team as usual.
Wonderful review
In the 3rd minute, Odegaard passed the ball and Smith Rowe's right-footed strike from inside the penalty area flew the ball away. In the 9th minute, Erder scored a high score, Thomas arced forward to hit the goal, Martinez stood well and confiscated the ball.
In the 10th minute, Arsenal crossed from the flank, Consa made a mistake in the chest in front of the goal, and Martinez reacted to block the ball out of the bottom line! Villamen has made a contribution!
In the 18th minute, Saka and Odegaard interspersed in a continuous small range, Saka crossed from the bottom line, and Smith Rowe followed up with a flying pad shot that was only slightly deflected.
In the 30th minute, Cedric's cross from the right, Villa failed to break the siege in the penalty area, Saka's left foot shot with a bow at the top of the arc, Martinez's line of sight was blocked, and he could only watch the ball into the net, 0-1!
In the 53rd minute, Saka broke into the box with the ball, but he dragged too much mud and water to miss the opportunity to shoot and pass. In the 61st minute, McGinn rubbed his right foot on the edge of the penalty area and the ball bounced just slightly off the line.
In the 68th minute, Watkins dodged on the right side of the penalty area when a kick was fired, and the ball refracted and hit the upright to pop up! Arsenal escaped!
For the rest of the day, Villa replaced Pele, Traore and Ince to attack, but failed to create too good scoring opportunities, and finally Arsenal beat Villa 1-0 away to take all three points.
Statistics
Player ratings
Saka, who scored the winning goal, scored a game-high 7.7 points.
Appearances line-up
Aston Villa (433):
Goalkeeper: 1 - Martinez
Defenders: 2-Cass, 4-Konza, 5-Mins, 18-Ashley Young
Midfielders: 7-McGinn, 6-Luis, 41-Ramsey (31-Pele 69')
Forwards: 10-Buendia (15-Traore 69'), 11-Watkins (20-Ins 82'), 23-Coutinho
Arsenal (433):
Goalkeeper: 1 - Leno
Defenders: 17 Cedric, 4 White, 6 Gabriel, 3 Tierney
Midfielders: 8-Erdegaard (16-Holden 86'), 5-Thomas, 34-Xhaka
Forwards: 7-Saka (19-Pepe 69'), 9-Lacazette (30-Nketiah 78'), 10-Smith-Roy